Publications

In Press

Fordyce, J.A., M.L. Forister, C.C. Nice, J.M. Burns, & A.M. Shapiro. Patterns of genetic variation between the checkered skippers Pyrgus communis and Pyrgus albescens (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America In press

Gompert, Z., J.A. Fordyce, M.L. Forister, & C.C. Nice. Recent colonization and radiation of North American Lycaeides (Plebejus) inferred from mtDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution In press.

2008

Fordyce, J.A. & C.C. Nice. Antagonistic, stage-specific selection on defensive chemical sequestration in a toxic butterfly. Evolution 62:1610-1617. (PDF)

Lucas, L.K., J.A. Fordyce, & C.C. Nice. 2008. Patterns of genitalic morphology around suture zones in north american Lycaeides (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): Implications for taxonomy and historical biogeography. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101:172-180. (PDF)

Crutsinger, G.M., M.D. Collins, J.A. Fordyce, & N.J. Sanders. 2008. Temporal dynamics in non-additive responses of arthropods to host-plant genotypic diversity. Oikos 117:255-264. (PDF)

Forister, M.L., C.C. Nice, J.A. Fordyce, Z. Gompert, & A.M. Shapiro. 2007. Considering evolutionary processes in the use of single-locus genetic data for conservation, with examples from the Lepidoptera. Journal of Insect Conservation 12:37-51. (PDF)

2007

2006

Forister, M.L., J.A. Fordyce, C.C. Nice, Z. Gompert, & A.M. Shapiro. 2006. Egg morphology varies among populations and habitats along a suture zone in the Lycaeides idas-melissa species complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99:933-937. (PDF)

Fordyce, J.A., C.C. Nice, & A.M. Shapiro. 2006. A novel trade-off of insect diapause affecting a sequestered chemical defense. Oecologia 149:101-106. (PDF)

Crutsinger, G.M., M.D. Collins, J.A. Fordyce, Z. Gompert, C.C. Nice, & N.J. Sanders. 2006. Genotypic diversity predicts community structure and governs an ecosystem process. Science 313:966-968. (PDF, SOM)

Fordyce, J.A. 2006. The evolutionary consequences of ecological interactions mediated through phenotypic plasticity. The Journal of Experimental Biology 209:2377-2383. (PDF).

Gompert, Z., C.C. Nice, J.A. Fordyce, M.L. Forister, & A.M. Shapiro. 2006. Identifying units for conservation using molecular taxonomy: the cautionary tale of the Karner Blue butterfly. Molecular Ecology 15:1759-1768. (PDF). (press)

Fordyce, J.A. 2006. Variations – However slight and from whatever cause. (Book review – Hallgrimsson & Hall (eds.) Variation: a central concept in biology). Ecology 87:797-798. (PDF).

Fordyce, J.A. 2006. Interactions between clutches affect a benefit of group feeding for pipevine swallowtail larvae. Ecological Entomology 31:75-83. (PDF).

Nice, C.C. & J.A. Fordyce. 2006. How caterpillars avoid overheating: behavioral and phenotypic plasticity of pipevine swallowtail larvae. Oecologia 146:541-548. (PDF).

2005

Fordyce, J.A., Z.H. Marion, A.M. Shapiro. 2005. Phenological variation in chemical defense of the pipevine swallowtail. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31:3835-2846. (PDF)

Fordyce, J.A. 2005. Clutch Size Plasticity in the Lepidoptera. Pp. 125 - 144. In Insects and Phenotypic Plasticity (Eds. T.N. Ananthakrishnan & D.W. Whitman) Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, NH.(PDF).

2004

Forister, M.L., J.A. Fordyce, & A.M. Shapiro. 2004. Geological barriers and restricted gene flow in the holarctic skipper Hesperia comma (Hesperiidae). Molecular Ecology 13:3489-3499. (PDF).

Fordyce, J.A. & C.C. Nice. 2004. Geographic variation in clutch size and a realized benefit of aggregative feeding. Evolution 58:447-450. (PDF)

2003

Fitzpatrick, B.M., M.F. Benard, J.A. Fordyce. 2003. Morphology and escape performance of tiger salamander larvae (Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium). Journal of Experimental Zoology 297A:147-159 (PDF)

Fordyce, J.A. & C.C. Nice. 2003. Contemporary patterns in a historical context: Phylogeographic history of the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor (Papilionidae). Evolution 57:1089-1099. (PDF)

Fordyce, J.A. 2003. Aggregative feeding of pipevine swallowtail enhances hostplant suitability. Oecologia 135:250-257. (PDF)

Benard, M.F. & J.A. Fordyce. 2003. Are induced defenses costly? Consequences of predator-induced defenses in western toads, Bufo boreas. Ecology 84:68-78. (PDF)

Fordyce, J.A. & A.M. Shapiro. 2003. Another perspective on the slow growth / high mortality hypothesis: chilling effects on swallowtail larvae. Ecology 84:263-268. (PDF)

Bolnick, D.I., R. Svanbäck, J.A. Fordyce, L.H. Yang, J.M. Davis, C.D. Hulsey, & M.L. Forister. 2003. The ecology of individuals: incidence and implications of individual specialization. American Naturalist 161:1-28. (PDF)

Fordyce, J.A. & C.C. Nice. 2003. Variation in butterfly egg adhesion: adaptation to hostplant senescence characteristics? Ecology Letters 6:23-27. (PDF)

2002

Nice, C.C., J.A. Fordyce, A.M. Shapiro, & R. ffrench-Constant. 2002. Lack of evidence for reproductive isolation among ecologically specialized lycaenid butterflies. Ecological Entomology 27:702-712. (PDF)

Bolnick, D.I., L.H. Yang, J.A. Fordyce, J.M. Davis, & R. Svanbäck. 2002. Measuring individual-level resource specialization. Ecology 83:2936-2941. (PDF)

Fordyce, J.A., C.C. Nice, M.L. Forister, & A.M. Shapiro. 2002. The significance of wing pattern detail: mate discrimination by two lycaenid butterflies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15:871-879. (PDF) (press)

2001

Fordyce, J.A. & A.A. Agrawal. 2001. The role of plant trichomes and caterpillar group size on growth and defense of the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor. Journal of Animal Ecology 70:997-1005. (PDF)

Fordyce, J.A. 2001. Lethal plant defence paradox remains: Inducible host-plant aristolochic acids and the growth and defence of the pipevine swallowtail. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 100:339-346. (PDF)

2000...

Fordyce, J.A. & S.B. Malcolm. 2000. Pith feeding by the cryptic, specialist weevil, Rhyssomatus lineaticollis, does not spatially avoid cardenolide defenses of the common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. Journal of Chemical Ecology 26:2857-2874. (PDF)

Fordyce, J.A. 2000. A model without a mimic: Aristolochic acids from the California pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor hirsuta, and its host plant, Aristolochia californica. Journal of Chemical Ecology 26:2567-2578. (PDF)

Agrawal, A.A. & J.A. Fordyce. 2000. Induced indirect-defense in a lycaenid-ant association: The regulation of a resource in a mutualism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 267: 1857-1861. (PDF) (press)

Fordyce, J.A., E.B. Ehrle, & P.W. Thompson. 1996. The Big Trees of Michigan 14. Gleditsia triacanthos Willd. The Michigan Botanist. 32:35-39.

Fordyce, J.A., E.B. Ehrle, & P.W. Thompson. 1996.The Big Trees of Michigan 15. Populus deltoides Willd. The Michigan Botanist. 32:40-43.

Fordyce, J.A., E.B. Ehrle, & P.W. Thompson. 1994. The Big Trees of Michigan 3. Quercus bicolor Willd. The Michigan Botanist. 31:61-67.

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